The club's chairman Barry Hearn told BBC London 94.9: "Leyton Orient will not be going to the Olympic Stadium that has got an athletics track around the middle."

 

His comments will be a big blow to Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, who is trying to ensure that a solution is worked out so that the track remains after the Games when the Stadium is due to be downsized from 80,000 to 25,000.

 

The double Olympic 1500 metres champion had promised the International Olympic Committee and the International Association of Athletics Federations that the Stadium would retain its track to ensure a legacy for the sport after the Games.

 

Premiership clubs West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspurt have already ruled out moving there because they do not want to play in a stadium with a track round it.

 

With the Coca-Cola League One club appearing to rule itself out of the running, attention will now inevitably turn to trying to persuade a Premiership rugby side to take it over.

 

Hearn said: If they would have said on day one, let's give it to West Ham, give it to Tottenham, it's an 80,000 seater it would have worked.

 

"It's sad for me, this is an easy business to work out, just give the people what they need and stop whingeing about what it's going to cost £9.3 billion - £2.4 billionn, who knows?

 

"I don't really care as long as everyone in London gets something out of it.

 

"We just need some common-sense.

 

"It's a wonderful facility.

 

"The Olympics coming to the East End of London is wonderful."